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Collection Exhibition 1 Feature - Gutai and Kazuo Shiraga Amagasaki City Collection
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
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Kazuo Shiraga
Kazuo Shiraga (1924-2008) is a core member of the Gutai Art Association (Gutai), one of the most important avant-garde art groups in postwar Japan. His unique abstract painting style is highly regarded internationally.
After graduating from Kyoto Municipal College of Fine Arts (now Kyoto City University of Arts) in 1948 with a degree in Japanese painting, Shiraga switched to Western-style painting and began to explore his artistic expression. In the early 1950s, he began experimenting with painting with his fists, fingers, and fingernails instead of paintbrushes and continued to pursue physical expression through "foot painting," in which he would hold onto a rope suspended from the ceiling and paint with his feet on a canvas stretched out on the floor.
The museum has paid attention to the activities of the Gutai Art Association from early on and has continued to collect their works since the 1980s, often introducing them as features in collection exhibitions.
This exhibition combines works from the collection of Shiraga's hometown of Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, from his early figurative works to abstract works in action paintings. In addition, works by Kazuo Shiraga and other Gutai members from the museum's collection will also be introduced.
First period: May 20 (Sat) - July 2 (Sun)
Second period: July 4 (Tue) - August 13 (Sun)
[Event]
Gallery Talk by curators
Date and time: Every third Sunday of the month from 14:00 (about 30 minutes)
Venue: In the exhibition venue
After graduating from Kyoto Municipal College of Fine Arts (now Kyoto City University of Arts) in 1948 with a degree in Japanese painting, Shiraga switched to Western-style painting and began to explore his artistic expression. In the early 1950s, he began experimenting with painting with his fists, fingers, and fingernails instead of paintbrushes and continued to pursue physical expression through "foot painting," in which he would hold onto a rope suspended from the ceiling and paint with his feet on a canvas stretched out on the floor.
The museum has paid attention to the activities of the Gutai Art Association from early on and has continued to collect their works since the 1980s, often introducing them as features in collection exhibitions.
This exhibition combines works from the collection of Shiraga's hometown of Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, from his early figurative works to abstract works in action paintings. In addition, works by Kazuo Shiraga and other Gutai members from the museum's collection will also be introduced.
First period: May 20 (Sat) - July 2 (Sun)
Second period: July 4 (Tue) - August 13 (Sun)
[Event]
Gallery Talk by curators
Date and time: Every third Sunday of the month from 14:00 (about 30 minutes)
Venue: In the exhibition venue
Schedule | May 20 (Sat) 2023-Aug 13 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥300, University and High School Students ¥200, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥100. | ||||
| Website | https://kmma.jp/exhibition/コレクション展Ⅰ 特集 具体-白髪一雄-―尼崎市/ | ||||
| Venue | Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art https://kmma.jp/ | ||||
| Location | 21-1 Nishisayagatanimachi, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka 804-0024 | ||||
| Access | From the South exit of Tobata Station on the JR Kagoshima Main line, take the Nishitetsu bus and get off at Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art. From the Kokurajo exit of Kokura Station on the JR Kagoshima Main and Nippo Main line, take the Nishitetsu bus and get off at Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art. | ||||
| Phone | 093-882-7777 | ||||
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